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We have gathered a rich selection of resources, and learning material which will guide you through the essential educational skills that you need for a successful career in early childhood.
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Staff Managment
Are your educators lacking passion? We can help your educators get the passion back by teaching them how to create meaningful learning that they will enjoy doing. We teach them the proper way to document that is the real EYLF and takes less time. We can guarantee you that parents will read it, comment on it …
Behaviour guidance – back to basics
Managing challenging behaviour is not easy. You need to let yourself to enter a frame of mind that allows you to use many different strategies and look from many different viewpoints, but most importantly, see what role you are playing in the behaviour that you are finding challenging. The process of behaviour guidance starts with …
Use your voice in interesting ways and children will listen
1 MINUTE READ Your voice is an amazing tool that can help guide children’s behaviour and remember the loud voice is not always best. The tone, volume and pitch of your voice can do wonderful things, what happens if you use a soft voice? A loud voice? A silly voice? A crazy voice? To …
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What do I do when children won’t listen to me?
Use your voice in interesting ways and children will listen Your voice is an amazing tool that can help guide children’s behaviour and remember the loud voice is not always best. The tone, volume and pitch of your voce can do wonderful things, what happens if you use a soft voice? A loud voice? A …
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What do I do when children do things to annoy me?
What happens when children are making annoying sounds? A child is tapping on a table/window/surface that makes an annoying noise Redirecting - Here is a musical instrument/ saucepan and wooden spoon. Let’s make music. If we tap on the window it may break. Here is a great learning story that was developed because children were …
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What do I do when children throw toys?
Throwing toys and fighting over a toy Why are they throwing toys? If it’s in the room and someone could get hurt, then that is no good. So, we need to redirect. For a quick fix get down with the children and show them how to build an enclosure for the toys i.e. look, these …
What do I do when children climb on furniture and run inside?
She is climbing on the furniture What do I do when I see a child climbing on the furniture? Never yell across the room “Annabel get down from there now,” yelled Holly. Of course, Annabel didn’t listen and proceeded to climb on the bookcase. What are the steps we need to take? Step 1 See …
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What do I do when children’s behaviour is aggressive?
Children pushing children - She just pushed another child If this is a younger child, we would go over to the child, get down to their height and say calmly and with a soft voice. “Hands down” (you may need to physically guide them down). “Be gentle with our friends”. Then we redirect, let’s push …
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How do I teach children to be calm?
Teaching children how to be calm Calmness and mindfulness is an open and friendly willingness to understand what is going on in and around you. It means living in the present moment (which is not the same as thinking about the present moment) without judging or ignoring anything or getting carried away by the pressures …
How do I stop children from biting?
Biting – how do I stop children from biting? For some toddlers, biting is a frequent form of aggression. For staff, biting outbursts can be highly stressful to deal with both at the children’s level and a family member’s level. Biting as a tool of language Step 1 Identify it and teach the new language …
What do I do with a defiant child?
A defiant child A defiant child wants to be just like you and do everything you are doing, but you stop them. They want to be the teacher in every way, so let them. Step 1 What is the child trying to say? What does the child need? Do they need to show you how …
How do I stop children from swearing?
Swearing Children - Just lovely Swearing has become a part of our language in the everyday. If you watch TV after 8:30pm we hear it all the time. Many parents are swearing in front of children, but we don’t need to accept it in our centre. Step 1 Write down some examples of what you …
Have you tried a ‘Home Visits’ to help with behaviour issues?
Home Visits Some services implement home visits to foster relationships with parents and children. At one service they offer home visits to all families. Each visit takes 45-60 minutes and is carried out by two educators who have a set list of questions to ask. This ensures they find out about the child's family, routines, …
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What rating do you want?
Exceeding Indicators Embedded practices Across the service, the observed and discussed approach to building collaborative partnerships with the community displays a strong commitment to the principles and practices of the approved learning framework/s, and aligns with the educational program and with resources that support community engagement and inclusion. Critical reflection Educators, co-ordinators and the educational …
Consistently maintain effective partnerships
What does it mean to consistently maintain effective partnerships with other early childhood professionals and the community to enhance each child’s learning, wellbeing and inclusion? Visit to the Accountants – Our GST needs submitting “I know, we can visit the accountant’s office behind the centre” said Tash. This will really help with our learning about …
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What are tokenistic practices?
Do you have strong connections to the local Aboriginal community? If not, how could you enhance it to create learning opportunities? What are tokenistic practices? Avoiding cultural tokenism Cultural tokenism occurs when aspects of cultures are acknowledged superficially or because we have to. Even when well-intentioned, cultural tokenism oversimplifies cultural differences and at its worst …
Exceeding theme three is causing some problems
The new 2018 Assessment and Rating introduced the three exceeding themes and today we are going to focus on community section of exceeding theme 3 by starting with the element that looks for quality community engagement, 6.2.3. Standard - 6.2 Collaborative partnerships Collaborative partnerships enhance children’s inclusion, learning and wellbeing. Element - 6.2.3 Community engagement …
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What’s working well in other centres?
We will be showcasing services from across the country and present best practice for working with the NQS to deliver great practice for their unique location, their community, families and children. Old Bar Early Learning Centre Annabelle Rodgers, Educational Leader Our bush program and outdoor experiences. Our service is on 4 acres of land in …
Supporting your educators to deal with extreme behaviour in children
We will teach you how to support your educators when they are struggling to manage extreme behaviour in children. In this section we’ll work through a case study including hitting educators, swearing and hurting other children. We will teach you how to support your educators in events like this to modify the child’s behaviour to …
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The little things in the NQS elements that get missed
In February 2018 the number of NQS elements was reduced to 40, but the overall content was not reduced. ACECQA added more detail to the remaining elements, meaning they’re more jam packed with little sub-sections that are easily missed. In this part of our seminar we will teach you how to understand those sub-sections and …
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Medical Conditions Communication Plan and Risk Minimisation Plan
Medical Management Plans are not usually a problem because they are provided by the doctor. However, services often have trouble with the Medical Communication Plan and the Medical Risk Minimisation Plan. Let us teach you how to read the Regs and discover all the little hidden parts that can sometimes catch us out. When you’re …
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How to look at the Standards to identify what to critically reflect upon
The standard that guides the three exceeding themes contains a lot of information. When we look at it as whole we might feel overwhelmed, therefore we need to break it down into small steps and find a sentence, or even a few words. Let’s have a look at Standard 2.1. There is a lot of …
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Using video to critically reflect
Using video to promote early childhood teachers’ thinking and reflection is an article written by Sue Cherrington and Judith Loveridge. Research was conducted by Victoria University of Wellington, Donald Street, Karori, Wellington, New Zealand Published in Teaching and Teacher Education 2014. Reflection is not always productive. It’s unproductive for example, if it lacks focus, relies …
Viewpoints and questions to guide critical reflection
Nothing in law or regulations says we need to write critical reflections down, but you must do them. The most important part of a critical reflection is showing your assessor examples of what's changed because of your critical reflection. In the below picture, the educator is trying to see the world through the child’s eyes …
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How Can I Be a Reflective Practitioner?
The key to reflections is to be: Open-minded Responsible Involved Whole-hearted Educators who reflect are those who have a commitment to self- improvement and have higher self esteem (Killen 2007). What Can Reflections Look Like? Reflective Journals Reflective Portfolios Reflective Conversations Reflection Meetings Reflective Questions Family Reflections Reflections from the Kitchen Educational Leader’s role. Reflective …
Staff Managment
Are your educators lacking passion? We can help your educators get the passion back by teaching them how to create meaningful learning that they will enjoy doing. We teach them the proper way to document that is the real EYLF and takes less time. We can guarantee you that parents will read it, comment on it …
Behaviour guidance – back to basics
Managing challenging behaviour is not easy. You need to let yourself to enter a frame of mind that allows you to use many different strategies and look from many different viewpoints, but most importantly, see what role you are playing in the behaviour that you are finding challenging. The process of behaviour guidance starts with …
Use your voice in interesting ways and children will listen
1 MINUTE READ Your voice is an amazing tool that can help guide children’s behaviour and remember the loud voice is not always best. The tone, volume and pitch of your voice can do wonderful things, what happens if you use a soft voice? A loud voice? A silly voice? A crazy voice? To …
Continue reading "Use your voice in interesting ways and children will listen"
What do I do when children won’t listen to me?
Use your voice in interesting ways and children will listen Your voice is an amazing tool that can help guide children’s behaviour and remember the loud voice is not always best. The tone, volume and pitch of your voce can do wonderful things, what happens if you use a soft voice? A loud voice? A …
Continue reading "What do I do when children won’t listen to me?"
What do I do when children do things to annoy me?
What happens when children are making annoying sounds? A child is tapping on a table/window/surface that makes an annoying noise Redirecting - Here is a musical instrument/ saucepan and wooden spoon. Let’s make music. If we tap on the window it may break. Here is a great learning story that was developed because children were …
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What do I do when children throw toys?
Throwing toys and fighting over a toy Why are they throwing toys? If it’s in the room and someone could get hurt, then that is no good. So, we need to redirect. For a quick fix get down with the children and show them how to build an enclosure for the toys i.e. look, these …
What do I do when children climb on furniture and run inside?
She is climbing on the furniture What do I do when I see a child climbing on the furniture? Never yell across the room “Annabel get down from there now,” yelled Holly. Of course, Annabel didn’t listen and proceeded to climb on the bookcase. What are the steps we need to take? Step 1 See …
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What do I do when children’s behaviour is aggressive?
Children pushing children - She just pushed another child If this is a younger child, we would go over to the child, get down to their height and say calmly and with a soft voice. “Hands down” (you may need to physically guide them down). “Be gentle with our friends”. Then we redirect, let’s push …
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How do I teach children to be calm?
Teaching children how to be calm Calmness and mindfulness is an open and friendly willingness to understand what is going on in and around you. It means living in the present moment (which is not the same as thinking about the present moment) without judging or ignoring anything or getting carried away by the pressures …
How do I stop children from biting?
Biting – how do I stop children from biting? For some toddlers, biting is a frequent form of aggression. For staff, biting outbursts can be highly stressful to deal with both at the children’s level and a family member’s level. Biting as a tool of language Step 1 Identify it and teach the new language …
What do I do with a defiant child?
A defiant child A defiant child wants to be just like you and do everything you are doing, but you stop them. They want to be the teacher in every way, so let them. Step 1 What is the child trying to say? What does the child need? Do they need to show you how …
How do I stop children from swearing?
Swearing Children - Just lovely Swearing has become a part of our language in the everyday. If you watch TV after 8:30pm we hear it all the time. Many parents are swearing in front of children, but we don’t need to accept it in our centre. Step 1 Write down some examples of what you …
Have you tried a ‘Home Visits’ to help with behaviour issues?
Home Visits Some services implement home visits to foster relationships with parents and children. At one service they offer home visits to all families. Each visit takes 45-60 minutes and is carried out by two educators who have a set list of questions to ask. This ensures they find out about the child's family, routines, …
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Case study – Aiden the non-listener, yelling, swearer……
The wild ones – children swearing There was a call for help from an educator. What was the problem? Certain children were difficult to manage and entering the room this appeared to be correct. The educators said Wednesday’s are difficult in the preschool room. Why? The combination of certain children makes it difficult along with …
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Case study – Jackson the non-listener, swearer, rude…
Which child’s name is used the most in your room? Why? Is it because you must instruct this child the most, usually in a way that is moving them on from an inappropriate behaviour? Try this method below to change the behaviour in your room. When we talk about behaviour we say we need to …
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Case study – Toddler Liam the non-listener, climber, hitter, pusher, swearer……
Meeting children’s needs and interests Are you listening to children to create the curriculum? Discover children’s interest to enhance positive behaviour and learning. Case study - Liam the non-listener, climber, hitter, pusher, swearer…… Child misbehaves so the educator gives the child a clock, sits him in a space away from the other children and tells …
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How do I create a calm environment?
Routines create calm environments What is your room’s routine? Is it written down so all educators and older children have a daily reference. Does it include time for: Planned physical activities Routines which make transitions smooth and predictable for children Routines which include spontaneous or intentional teaching to promote learning outcomes eg when we clean …
Exploring agency to create calm
Children’s Agency creates calm Children actively construct their own understandings and contribute to others’ learning. They recognise their agency and capacity to initiate and lead learning and their rights to participate in decisions that affect them, including their learning. Sense of Agency The EYLF explains agency is being able to make choices and decisions, to …
Set up individual spaces that allow children to show their agency.
Agency is being able to make choices and decisions that influence outcomes. Children have agency when: they make choices and decisions that affect them take the lead in their learning and make choices about the design and outcome of the experience or activity Children have a sense of agency when they imitate an action they …
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Sewing with children creates calm
Sewing with children creates calm Recently at one service the preschool children have been encouraged to prepare and set the tables at meal times. This involves adding a table cloth, placing the plates and cups on the table and any necessary cutlery. This routine prompted a conversation about buying table cloths to put on the …
Connecting to your community for resources makes a clam environment
When a service connects to their local community to provide resources the play becomes interesting and creates calm. For example, this service made contact with a local picture framer and gathered their used cardboard cylinders for loose parts play. Here are the toddlers setting up and playing with the cylinders. This is the 4 to …
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Loose parts makes a clam environment
It is generally recognised that children’s opportunities for outdoor play are much more limited today than they were say 20 years ago. Reasons for this include increasing urban development, concerns about children’s welfare, parents’ working patterns and the increase in digital technologies. This raises the question of what role ECEC and school based settings have …
Creating a calm outside environment
Case study – creating a calm outside environment Not all early childhood environments are purposely designed for the care and education of children. In this case study I explain how I solved the problem of inappropriate playground interactions by drawing on my design qualifications and existing research to implement the phenomenon of belonging in an …
Building a climbing frame with 4 year olds to create calm
Building with 4 year olds An outdoor setting that promoted conflict and frustration was remodelled and renovated using design principles to create a structure and learning space for children to trial physical challenge and risk. Extending on my design process involving the use of risk as a pedagogical element in babies’ and toddlers’ outdoor environment, …
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What does the EYLF say about play?
Below are the ways the EYLF uses the word play. PLAY & Learning EYLF has a specific emphasis on PLAY-based learning and recognises the importance of communication and language (including early literacy and numeracy) and social and emotional development PLAY-based learning: a context for learning through which children organise and make sense of their social …
Conversations to create calm
You should not be looking at the equipment and asking what activity you can do with it – and you should not be thinking about what activity you feel like doing today because it’s easy, not messy or you know another service that did it. What do your children want to do? Ask them. What …
Create a calm environment with cardboard box
Penny creates a calm environment with cardboard boxes. Banged heads and running inside solved with a large cardboard box. Penny the room leader of 18 month to 2 ½ year olds uses cardboard boxes from a big chain of stores. They even deliver the boxes to the centre. The cubby house has round windows which …
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Building relationships with children and families to create calm
Building relationships with children and families can happen in many different ways. From here it becomes very easy to create learning environments. Look below to see how a hairdressing salon was established. The parent sees the children’s interest in hairdressing and her hairdresser came in to give a lesson. We heard of one service recently …
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Family camping trips create a learning environment that leads to calm
Family camping trips create a learning environment that leads to calm. Samuel used the bark pieces in the outdoor environment to construct with, making them into one big pile. Mel the Educator asked Samuel “what is it?” Samuel said “fire”. Mel asked “like the fire you made with Daddy on your camping trip?” Samuel replied …
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Building with 4 year olds
Building with 4 year olds It’s an exciting time when services decide to renovate their outdoor environments. At this point though, many services are concerned about the balance between safety and risk. There is an emphasis on protecting children from harm and hazards in the NQS and Regs, but did you know that there is …
Staff Managment
Are your educators lacking passion? We can help your educators get the passion back by teaching them how to create meaningful learning that they will enjoy doing. We teach them the proper way to document that is the real EYLF and takes less time. We can guarantee you that parents will read it, comment on it …
Behaviour guidance – back to basics
Managing challenging behaviour is not easy. You need to let yourself to enter a frame of mind that allows you to use many different strategies and look from many different viewpoints, but most importantly, see what role you are playing in the behaviour that you are finding challenging. The process of behaviour guidance starts with …
Use your voice in interesting ways and children will listen
1 MINUTE READ Your voice is an amazing tool that can help guide children’s behaviour and remember the loud voice is not always best. The tone, volume and pitch of your voice can do wonderful things, what happens if you use a soft voice? A loud voice? A silly voice? A crazy voice? To …
Continue reading "Use your voice in interesting ways and children will listen"
What do I do when children won’t listen to me?
Use your voice in interesting ways and children will listen Your voice is an amazing tool that can help guide children’s behaviour and remember the loud voice is not always best. The tone, volume and pitch of your voce can do wonderful things, what happens if you use a soft voice? A loud voice? A …
Continue reading "What do I do when children won’t listen to me?"
What do I do when children do things to annoy me?
What happens when children are making annoying sounds? A child is tapping on a table/window/surface that makes an annoying noise Redirecting - Here is a musical instrument/ saucepan and wooden spoon. Let’s make music. If we tap on the window it may break. Here is a great learning story that was developed because children were …
Continue reading "What do I do when children do things to annoy me?"
What do I do when children throw toys?
Throwing toys and fighting over a toy Why are they throwing toys? If it’s in the room and someone could get hurt, then that is no good. So, we need to redirect. For a quick fix get down with the children and show them how to build an enclosure for the toys i.e. look, these …
What do I do when children climb on furniture and run inside?
She is climbing on the furniture What do I do when I see a child climbing on the furniture? Never yell across the room “Annabel get down from there now,” yelled Holly. Of course, Annabel didn’t listen and proceeded to climb on the bookcase. What are the steps we need to take? Step 1 See …
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What do I do when children’s behaviour is aggressive?
Children pushing children - She just pushed another child If this is a younger child, we would go over to the child, get down to their height and say calmly and with a soft voice. “Hands down” (you may need to physically guide them down). “Be gentle with our friends”. Then we redirect, let’s push …
Continue reading "What do I do when children’s behaviour is aggressive?"
How do I teach children to be calm?
Teaching children how to be calm Calmness and mindfulness is an open and friendly willingness to understand what is going on in and around you. It means living in the present moment (which is not the same as thinking about the present moment) without judging or ignoring anything or getting carried away by the pressures …
How do I stop children from biting?
Biting – how do I stop children from biting? For some toddlers, biting is a frequent form of aggression. For staff, biting outbursts can be highly stressful to deal with both at the children’s level and a family member’s level. Biting as a tool of language Step 1 Identify it and teach the new language …
What do I do with a defiant child?
A defiant child A defiant child wants to be just like you and do everything you are doing, but you stop them. They want to be the teacher in every way, so let them. Step 1 What is the child trying to say? What does the child need? Do they need to show you how …
How do I stop children from swearing?
Swearing Children - Just lovely Swearing has become a part of our language in the everyday. If you watch TV after 8:30pm we hear it all the time. Many parents are swearing in front of children, but we don’t need to accept it in our centre. Step 1 Write down some examples of what you …
Have you tried a ‘Home Visits’ to help with behaviour issues?
Home Visits Some services implement home visits to foster relationships with parents and children. At one service they offer home visits to all families. Each visit takes 45-60 minutes and is carried out by two educators who have a set list of questions to ask. This ensures they find out about the child's family, routines, …
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Case study – Aiden the non-listener, yelling, swearer……
The wild ones – children swearing There was a call for help from an educator. What was the problem? Certain children were difficult to manage and entering the room this appeared to be correct. The educators said Wednesday’s are difficult in the preschool room. Why? The combination of certain children makes it difficult along with …
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Case study – Jackson the non-listener, swearer, rude…
Which child’s name is used the most in your room? Why? Is it because you must instruct this child the most, usually in a way that is moving them on from an inappropriate behaviour? Try this method below to change the behaviour in your room. When we talk about behaviour we say we need to …
Continue reading "Case study – Jackson the non-listener, swearer, rude…"
Staff Managment
Are your educators lacking passion? We can help your educators get the passion back by teaching them how to create meaningful learning that they will enjoy doing. We teach them the proper way to document that is the real EYLF and takes less time. We can guarantee you that parents will read it, comment on it …
Behaviour guidance – back to basics
Managing challenging behaviour is not easy. You need to let yourself to enter a frame of mind that allows you to use many different strategies and look from many different viewpoints, but most importantly, see what role you are playing in the behaviour that you are finding challenging. The process of behaviour guidance starts with …
Use your voice in interesting ways and children will listen
1 MINUTE READ Your voice is an amazing tool that can help guide children’s behaviour and remember the loud voice is not always best. The tone, volume and pitch of your voice can do wonderful things, what happens if you use a soft voice? A loud voice? A silly voice? A crazy voice? To …
Continue reading "Use your voice in interesting ways and children will listen"
What do I do when children won’t listen to me?
Use your voice in interesting ways and children will listen Your voice is an amazing tool that can help guide children’s behaviour and remember the loud voice is not always best. The tone, volume and pitch of your voce can do wonderful things, what happens if you use a soft voice? A loud voice? A …
Continue reading "What do I do when children won’t listen to me?"
What do I do when children do things to annoy me?
What happens when children are making annoying sounds? A child is tapping on a table/window/surface that makes an annoying noise Redirecting - Here is a musical instrument/ saucepan and wooden spoon. Let’s make music. If we tap on the window it may break. Here is a great learning story that was developed because children were …
Continue reading "What do I do when children do things to annoy me?"
What do I do when children throw toys?
Throwing toys and fighting over a toy Why are they throwing toys? If it’s in the room and someone could get hurt, then that is no good. So, we need to redirect. For a quick fix get down with the children and show them how to build an enclosure for the toys i.e. look, these …
What do I do when children climb on furniture and run inside?
She is climbing on the furniture What do I do when I see a child climbing on the furniture? Never yell across the room “Annabel get down from there now,” yelled Holly. Of course, Annabel didn’t listen and proceeded to climb on the bookcase. What are the steps we need to take? Step 1 See …
Continue reading "What do I do when children climb on furniture and run inside?"
What do I do when children’s behaviour is aggressive?
Children pushing children - She just pushed another child If this is a younger child, we would go over to the child, get down to their height and say calmly and with a soft voice. “Hands down” (you may need to physically guide them down). “Be gentle with our friends”. Then we redirect, let’s push …
Continue reading "What do I do when children’s behaviour is aggressive?"
How do I teach children to be calm?
Teaching children how to be calm Calmness and mindfulness is an open and friendly willingness to understand what is going on in and around you. It means living in the present moment (which is not the same as thinking about the present moment) without judging or ignoring anything or getting carried away by the pressures …
How do I stop children from biting?
Biting – how do I stop children from biting? For some toddlers, biting is a frequent form of aggression. For staff, biting outbursts can be highly stressful to deal with both at the children’s level and a family member’s level. Biting as a tool of language Step 1 Identify it and teach the new language …
What do I do with a defiant child?
A defiant child A defiant child wants to be just like you and do everything you are doing, but you stop them. They want to be the teacher in every way, so let them. Step 1 What is the child trying to say? What does the child need? Do they need to show you how …
How do I stop children from swearing?
Swearing Children - Just lovely Swearing has become a part of our language in the everyday. If you watch TV after 8:30pm we hear it all the time. Many parents are swearing in front of children, but we don’t need to accept it in our centre. Step 1 Write down some examples of what you …
Have you tried a ‘Home Visits’ to help with behaviour issues?
Home Visits Some services implement home visits to foster relationships with parents and children. At one service they offer home visits to all families. Each visit takes 45-60 minutes and is carried out by two educators who have a set list of questions to ask. This ensures they find out about the child's family, routines, …
Continue reading "Have you tried a ‘Home Visits’ to help with behaviour issues?"
Case study – Aiden the non-listener, yelling, swearer……
The wild ones – children swearing There was a call for help from an educator. What was the problem? Certain children were difficult to manage and entering the room this appeared to be correct. The educators said Wednesday’s are difficult in the preschool room. Why? The combination of certain children makes it difficult along with …
Continue reading "Case study – Aiden the non-listener, yelling, swearer……"
Case study – Jackson the non-listener, swearer, rude…
Which child’s name is used the most in your room? Why? Is it because you must instruct this child the most, usually in a way that is moving them on from an inappropriate behaviour? Try this method below to change the behaviour in your room. When we talk about behaviour we say we need to …
Continue reading "Case study – Jackson the non-listener, swearer, rude…"
Case study – Toddler Liam the non-listener, climber, hitter, pusher, swearer……
Meeting children’s needs and interests Are you listening to children to create the curriculum? Discover children’s interest to enhance positive behaviour and learning. Case study - Liam the non-listener, climber, hitter, pusher, swearer…… Child misbehaves so the educator gives the child a clock, sits him in a space away from the other children and tells …
Continue reading "Case study – Toddler Liam the non-listener, climber, hitter, pusher, swearer……"
How do I create a calm environment?
Routines create calm environments What is your room’s routine? Is it written down so all educators and older children have a daily reference. Does it include time for: Planned physical activities Routines which make transitions smooth and predictable for children Routines which include spontaneous or intentional teaching to promote learning outcomes eg when we clean …
Exploring agency to create calm
Children’s Agency creates calm Children actively construct their own understandings and contribute to others’ learning. They recognise their agency and capacity to initiate and lead learning and their rights to participate in decisions that affect them, including their learning. Sense of Agency The EYLF explains agency is being able to make choices and decisions, to …
Set up individual spaces that allow children to show their agency.
Agency is being able to make choices and decisions that influence outcomes. Children have agency when: they make choices and decisions that affect them take the lead in their learning and make choices about the design and outcome of the experience or activity Children have a sense of agency when they imitate an action they …
Continue reading "Set up individual spaces that allow children to show their agency."
Sewing with children creates calm
Sewing with children creates calm Recently at one service the preschool children have been encouraged to prepare and set the tables at meal times. This involves adding a table cloth, placing the plates and cups on the table and any necessary cutlery. This routine prompted a conversation about buying table cloths to put on the …
Staff Managment
Are your educators lacking passion? We can help your educators get the passion back by teaching them how to create meaningful learning that they will enjoy doing. We teach them the proper way to document that is the real EYLF and takes less time. We can guarantee you that parents will read it, comment on it …
Behaviour guidance – back to basics
Managing challenging behaviour is not easy. You need to let yourself to enter a frame of mind that allows you to use many different strategies and look from many different viewpoints, but most importantly, see what role you are playing in the behaviour that you are finding challenging. The process of behaviour guidance starts with …
Use your voice in interesting ways and children will listen
1 MINUTE READ Your voice is an amazing tool that can help guide children’s behaviour and remember the loud voice is not always best. The tone, volume and pitch of your voice can do wonderful things, what happens if you use a soft voice? A loud voice? A silly voice? A crazy voice? To …
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Are your educators lacking passion? We can help your educators get the passion back by teaching them how to create meaningful learning that they will enjoy doing. We teach them the proper way to document that is the real EYLF and takes less time. We can guarantee you that parents will read it, comment on it …
Behaviour guidance – back to basics
Managing challenging behaviour is not easy. You need to let yourself to enter a frame of mind that allows you to use many different strategies and look from many different viewpoints, but most importantly, see what role you are playing in the behaviour that you are finding challenging. The process of behaviour guidance starts with …
Use your voice in interesting ways and children will listen
1 MINUTE READ Your voice is an amazing tool that can help guide children’s behaviour and remember the loud voice is not always best. The tone, volume and pitch of your voice can do wonderful things, what happens if you use a soft voice? A loud voice? A silly voice? A crazy voice? To …
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Are your educators lacking passion? We can help your educators get the passion back by teaching them how to create meaningful learning that they will enjoy doing. We teach them the proper way to document that is the real EYLF and takes less time. We can guarantee you that parents will read it, comment on it …
Behaviour guidance – back to basics
Managing challenging behaviour is not easy. You need to let yourself to enter a frame of mind that allows you to use many different strategies and look from many different viewpoints, but most importantly, see what role you are playing in the behaviour that you are finding challenging. The process of behaviour guidance starts with …
Use your voice in interesting ways and children will listen
1 MINUTE READ Your voice is an amazing tool that can help guide children’s behaviour and remember the loud voice is not always best. The tone, volume and pitch of your voice can do wonderful things, what happens if you use a soft voice? A loud voice? A silly voice? A crazy voice? To …
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Are your educators lacking passion? We can help your educators get the passion back by teaching them how to create meaningful learning that they will enjoy doing. We teach them the proper way to document that is the real EYLF and takes less time. We can guarantee you that parents will read it, comment on it …
Behaviour guidance – back to basics
Managing challenging behaviour is not easy. You need to let yourself to enter a frame of mind that allows you to use many different strategies and look from many different viewpoints, but most importantly, see what role you are playing in the behaviour that you are finding challenging. The process of behaviour guidance starts with …
Use your voice in interesting ways and children will listen
1 MINUTE READ Your voice is an amazing tool that can help guide children’s behaviour and remember the loud voice is not always best. The tone, volume and pitch of your voice can do wonderful things, what happens if you use a soft voice? A loud voice? A silly voice? A crazy voice? To …
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Are your educators lacking passion? We can help your educators get the passion back by teaching them how to create meaningful learning that they will enjoy doing. We teach them the proper way to document that is the real EYLF and takes less time. We can guarantee you that parents will read it, comment on it …
Behaviour guidance – back to basics
Managing challenging behaviour is not easy. You need to let yourself to enter a frame of mind that allows you to use many different strategies and look from many different viewpoints, but most importantly, see what role you are playing in the behaviour that you are finding challenging. The process of behaviour guidance starts with …
Use your voice in interesting ways and children will listen
1 MINUTE READ Your voice is an amazing tool that can help guide children’s behaviour and remember the loud voice is not always best. The tone, volume and pitch of your voice can do wonderful things, what happens if you use a soft voice? A loud voice? A silly voice? A crazy voice? To …
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Are your educators lacking passion? We can help your educators get the passion back by teaching them how to create meaningful learning that they will enjoy doing. We teach them the proper way to document that is the real EYLF and takes less time. We can guarantee you that parents will read it, comment on it …
Behaviour guidance – back to basics
Managing challenging behaviour is not easy. You need to let yourself to enter a frame of mind that allows you to use many different strategies and look from many different viewpoints, but most importantly, see what role you are playing in the behaviour that you are finding challenging. The process of behaviour guidance starts with …
Use your voice in interesting ways and children will listen
1 MINUTE READ Your voice is an amazing tool that can help guide children’s behaviour and remember the loud voice is not always best. The tone, volume and pitch of your voice can do wonderful things, what happens if you use a soft voice? A loud voice? A silly voice? A crazy voice? To …
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Are your educators lacking passion? We can help your educators get the passion back by teaching them how to create meaningful learning that they will enjoy doing. We teach them the proper way to document that is the real EYLF and takes less time. We can guarantee you that parents will read it, comment on it …
Behaviour guidance – back to basics
Managing challenging behaviour is not easy. You need to let yourself to enter a frame of mind that allows you to use many different strategies and look from many different viewpoints, but most importantly, see what role you are playing in the behaviour that you are finding challenging. The process of behaviour guidance starts with …
Use your voice in interesting ways and children will listen
1 MINUTE READ Your voice is an amazing tool that can help guide children’s behaviour and remember the loud voice is not always best. The tone, volume and pitch of your voice can do wonderful things, what happens if you use a soft voice? A loud voice? A silly voice? A crazy voice? To …
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Are your educators lacking passion? We can help your educators get the passion back by teaching them how to create meaningful learning that they will enjoy doing. We teach them the proper way to document that is the real EYLF and takes less time. We can guarantee you that parents will read it, comment on it …
Behaviour guidance – back to basics
Managing challenging behaviour is not easy. You need to let yourself to enter a frame of mind that allows you to use many different strategies and look from many different viewpoints, but most importantly, see what role you are playing in the behaviour that you are finding challenging. The process of behaviour guidance starts with …
Use your voice in interesting ways and children will listen
1 MINUTE READ Your voice is an amazing tool that can help guide children’s behaviour and remember the loud voice is not always best. The tone, volume and pitch of your voice can do wonderful things, what happens if you use a soft voice? A loud voice? A silly voice? A crazy voice? To …
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Are your educators lacking passion? We can help your educators get the passion back by teaching them how to create meaningful learning that they will enjoy doing. We teach them the proper way to document that is the real EYLF and takes less time. We can guarantee you that parents will read it, comment on it …
Behaviour guidance – back to basics
Managing challenging behaviour is not easy. You need to let yourself to enter a frame of mind that allows you to use many different strategies and look from many different viewpoints, but most importantly, see what role you are playing in the behaviour that you are finding challenging. The process of behaviour guidance starts with …
Use your voice in interesting ways and children will listen
1 MINUTE READ Your voice is an amazing tool that can help guide children’s behaviour and remember the loud voice is not always best. The tone, volume and pitch of your voice can do wonderful things, what happens if you use a soft voice? A loud voice? A silly voice? A crazy voice? To …
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Are your educators lacking passion? We can help your educators get the passion back by teaching them how to create meaningful learning that they will enjoy doing. We teach them the proper way to document that is the real EYLF and takes less time. We can guarantee you that parents will read it, comment on it …
Behaviour guidance – back to basics
Managing challenging behaviour is not easy. You need to let yourself to enter a frame of mind that allows you to use many different strategies and look from many different viewpoints, but most importantly, see what role you are playing in the behaviour that you are finding challenging. The process of behaviour guidance starts with …
Use your voice in interesting ways and children will listen
1 MINUTE READ Your voice is an amazing tool that can help guide children’s behaviour and remember the loud voice is not always best. The tone, volume and pitch of your voice can do wonderful things, what happens if you use a soft voice? A loud voice? A silly voice? A crazy voice? To …
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Are your educators lacking passion? We can help your educators get the passion back by teaching them how to create meaningful learning that they will enjoy doing. We teach them the proper way to document that is the real EYLF and takes less time. We can guarantee you that parents will read it, comment on it …
Behaviour guidance – back to basics
Managing challenging behaviour is not easy. You need to let yourself to enter a frame of mind that allows you to use many different strategies and look from many different viewpoints, but most importantly, see what role you are playing in the behaviour that you are finding challenging. The process of behaviour guidance starts with …
Use your voice in interesting ways and children will listen
1 MINUTE READ Your voice is an amazing tool that can help guide children’s behaviour and remember the loud voice is not always best. The tone, volume and pitch of your voice can do wonderful things, what happens if you use a soft voice? A loud voice? A silly voice? A crazy voice? To …
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Are your educators lacking passion? We can help your educators get the passion back by teaching them how to create meaningful learning that they will enjoy doing. We teach them the proper way to document that is the real EYLF and takes less time. We can guarantee you that parents will read it, comment on it …
Behaviour guidance – back to basics
Managing challenging behaviour is not easy. You need to let yourself to enter a frame of mind that allows you to use many different strategies and look from many different viewpoints, but most importantly, see what role you are playing in the behaviour that you are finding challenging. The process of behaviour guidance starts with …
Use your voice in interesting ways and children will listen
1 MINUTE READ Your voice is an amazing tool that can help guide children’s behaviour and remember the loud voice is not always best. The tone, volume and pitch of your voice can do wonderful things, what happens if you use a soft voice? A loud voice? A silly voice? A crazy voice? To …
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Are your educators lacking passion? We can help your educators get the passion back by teaching them how to create meaningful learning that they will enjoy doing. We teach them the proper way to document that is the real EYLF and takes less time. We can guarantee you that parents will read it, comment on it …
Behaviour guidance – back to basics
Managing challenging behaviour is not easy. You need to let yourself to enter a frame of mind that allows you to use many different strategies and look from many different viewpoints, but most importantly, see what role you are playing in the behaviour that you are finding challenging. The process of behaviour guidance starts with …
Use your voice in interesting ways and children will listen
1 MINUTE READ Your voice is an amazing tool that can help guide children’s behaviour and remember the loud voice is not always best. The tone, volume and pitch of your voice can do wonderful things, what happens if you use a soft voice? A loud voice? A silly voice? A crazy voice? To …
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Are your educators lacking passion? We can help your educators get the passion back by teaching them how to create meaningful learning that they will enjoy doing. We teach them the proper way to document that is the real EYLF and takes less time. We can guarantee you that parents will read it, comment on it …
Behaviour guidance – back to basics
Managing challenging behaviour is not easy. You need to let yourself to enter a frame of mind that allows you to use many different strategies and look from many different viewpoints, but most importantly, see what role you are playing in the behaviour that you are finding challenging. The process of behaviour guidance starts with …
Use your voice in interesting ways and children will listen
1 MINUTE READ Your voice is an amazing tool that can help guide children’s behaviour and remember the loud voice is not always best. The tone, volume and pitch of your voice can do wonderful things, what happens if you use a soft voice? A loud voice? A silly voice? A crazy voice? To …
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Are your educators lacking passion? We can help your educators get the passion back by teaching them how to create meaningful learning that they will enjoy doing. We teach them the proper way to document that is the real EYLF and takes less time. We can guarantee you that parents will read it, comment on it …
Behaviour guidance – back to basics
Managing challenging behaviour is not easy. You need to let yourself to enter a frame of mind that allows you to use many different strategies and look from many different viewpoints, but most importantly, see what role you are playing in the behaviour that you are finding challenging. The process of behaviour guidance starts with …
Use your voice in interesting ways and children will listen
1 MINUTE READ Your voice is an amazing tool that can help guide children’s behaviour and remember the loud voice is not always best. The tone, volume and pitch of your voice can do wonderful things, what happens if you use a soft voice? A loud voice? A silly voice? A crazy voice? To …
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Are your educators lacking passion? We can help your educators get the passion back by teaching them how to create meaningful learning that they will enjoy doing. We teach them the proper way to document that is the real EYLF and takes less time. We can guarantee you that parents will read it, comment on it …
Behaviour guidance – back to basics
Managing challenging behaviour is not easy. You need to let yourself to enter a frame of mind that allows you to use many different strategies and look from many different viewpoints, but most importantly, see what role you are playing in the behaviour that you are finding challenging. The process of behaviour guidance starts with …
Use your voice in interesting ways and children will listen
1 MINUTE READ Your voice is an amazing tool that can help guide children’s behaviour and remember the loud voice is not always best. The tone, volume and pitch of your voice can do wonderful things, what happens if you use a soft voice? A loud voice? A silly voice? A crazy voice? To …
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What do I do when children won’t listen to me?
Use your voice in interesting ways and children will listen Your voice is an amazing tool that can help guide children’s behaviour and remember the loud voice is not always best. The tone, volume and pitch of your voce can do wonderful things, what happens if you use a soft voice? A loud voice? A …
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What do I do when children do things to annoy me?
What happens when children are making annoying sounds? A child is tapping on a table/window/surface that makes an annoying noise Redirecting - Here is a musical instrument/ saucepan and wooden spoon. Let’s make music. If we tap on the window it may break. Here is a great learning story that was developed because children were …
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What do I do when children throw toys?
Throwing toys and fighting over a toy Why are they throwing toys? If it’s in the room and someone could get hurt, then that is no good. So, we need to redirect. For a quick fix get down with the children and show them how to build an enclosure for the toys i.e. look, these …
What do I do when children climb on furniture and run inside?
She is climbing on the furniture What do I do when I see a child climbing on the furniture? Never yell across the room “Annabel get down from there now,” yelled Holly. Of course, Annabel didn’t listen and proceeded to climb on the bookcase. What are the steps we need to take? Step 1 See …
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What do I do when children’s behaviour is aggressive?
Children pushing children - She just pushed another child If this is a younger child, we would go over to the child, get down to their height and say calmly and with a soft voice. “Hands down” (you may need to physically guide them down). “Be gentle with our friends”. Then we redirect, let’s push …
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How do I teach children to be calm?
Teaching children how to be calm Calmness and mindfulness is an open and friendly willingness to understand what is going on in and around you. It means living in the present moment (which is not the same as thinking about the present moment) without judging or ignoring anything or getting carried away by the pressures …
How do I stop children from biting?
Biting – how do I stop children from biting? For some toddlers, biting is a frequent form of aggression. For staff, biting outbursts can be highly stressful to deal with both at the children’s level and a family member’s level. Biting as a tool of language Step 1 Identify it and teach the new language …
What do I do with a defiant child?
A defiant child A defiant child wants to be just like you and do everything you are doing, but you stop them. They want to be the teacher in every way, so let them. Step 1 What is the child trying to say? What does the child need? Do they need to show you how …
How do I stop children from swearing?
Swearing Children - Just lovely Swearing has become a part of our language in the everyday. If you watch TV after 8:30pm we hear it all the time. Many parents are swearing in front of children, but we don’t need to accept it in our centre. Step 1 Write down some examples of what you …
Have you tried a ‘Home Visits’ to help with behaviour issues?
Home Visits Some services implement home visits to foster relationships with parents and children. At one service they offer home visits to all families. Each visit takes 45-60 minutes and is carried out by two educators who have a set list of questions to ask. This ensures they find out about the child's family, routines, …
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Case study – Aiden the non-listener, yelling, swearer……
The wild ones – children swearing There was a call for help from an educator. What was the problem? Certain children were difficult to manage and entering the room this appeared to be correct. The educators said Wednesday’s are difficult in the preschool room. Why? The combination of certain children makes it difficult along with …
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Case study – Jackson the non-listener, swearer, rude…
Which child’s name is used the most in your room? Why? Is it because you must instruct this child the most, usually in a way that is moving them on from an inappropriate behaviour? Try this method below to change the behaviour in your room. When we talk about behaviour we say we need to …
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Case study – Toddler Liam the non-listener, climber, hitter, pusher, swearer……
Meeting children’s needs and interests Are you listening to children to create the curriculum? Discover children’s interest to enhance positive behaviour and learning. Case study - Liam the non-listener, climber, hitter, pusher, swearer…… Child misbehaves so the educator gives the child a clock, sits him in a space away from the other children and tells …
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How do I create a calm environment?
Routines create calm environments What is your room’s routine? Is it written down so all educators and older children have a daily reference. Does it include time for: Planned physical activities Routines which make transitions smooth and predictable for children Routines which include spontaneous or intentional teaching to promote learning outcomes eg when we clean …
Exploring agency to create calm
Children’s Agency creates calm Children actively construct their own understandings and contribute to others’ learning. They recognise their agency and capacity to initiate and lead learning and their rights to participate in decisions that affect them, including their learning. Sense of Agency The EYLF explains agency is being able to make choices and decisions, to …
Set up individual spaces that allow children to show their agency.
Agency is being able to make choices and decisions that influence outcomes. Children have agency when: they make choices and decisions that affect them take the lead in their learning and make choices about the design and outcome of the experience or activity Children have a sense of agency when they imitate an action they …
Continue reading "Set up individual spaces that allow children to show their agency."
Sewing with children creates calm
Sewing with children creates calm Recently at one service the preschool children have been encouraged to prepare and set the tables at meal times. This involves adding a table cloth, placing the plates and cups on the table and any necessary cutlery. This routine prompted a conversation about buying table cloths to put on the …
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Are your educators lacking passion? We can help your educators get the passion back by teaching them how to create meaningful learning that they will enjoy doing. We teach them the proper way to document that is the real EYLF and takes less time. We can guarantee you that parents will read it, comment on it …
Behaviour guidance – back to basics
Managing challenging behaviour is not easy. You need to let yourself to enter a frame of mind that allows you to use many different strategies and look from many different viewpoints, but most importantly, see what role you are playing in the behaviour that you are finding challenging. The process of behaviour guidance starts with …
Use your voice in interesting ways and children will listen
1 MINUTE READ Your voice is an amazing tool that can help guide children’s behaviour and remember the loud voice is not always best. The tone, volume and pitch of your voice can do wonderful things, what happens if you use a soft voice? A loud voice? A silly voice? A crazy voice? To …
Continue reading "Use your voice in interesting ways and children will listen"
What do I do when children won’t listen to me?
Use your voice in interesting ways and children will listen Your voice is an amazing tool that can help guide children’s behaviour and remember the loud voice is not always best. The tone, volume and pitch of your voce can do wonderful things, what happens if you use a soft voice? A loud voice? A …
Continue reading "What do I do when children won’t listen to me?"
What do I do when children do things to annoy me?
What happens when children are making annoying sounds? A child is tapping on a table/window/surface that makes an annoying noise Redirecting - Here is a musical instrument/ saucepan and wooden spoon. Let’s make music. If we tap on the window it may break. Here is a great learning story that was developed because children were …
Continue reading "What do I do when children do things to annoy me?"
What do I do when children throw toys?
Throwing toys and fighting over a toy Why are they throwing toys? If it’s in the room and someone could get hurt, then that is no good. So, we need to redirect. For a quick fix get down with the children and show them how to build an enclosure for the toys i.e. look, these …
What do I do when children climb on furniture and run inside?
She is climbing on the furniture What do I do when I see a child climbing on the furniture? Never yell across the room “Annabel get down from there now,” yelled Holly. Of course, Annabel didn’t listen and proceeded to climb on the bookcase. What are the steps we need to take? Step 1 See …
Continue reading "What do I do when children climb on furniture and run inside?"
What do I do when children’s behaviour is aggressive?
Children pushing children - She just pushed another child If this is a younger child, we would go over to the child, get down to their height and say calmly and with a soft voice. “Hands down” (you may need to physically guide them down). “Be gentle with our friends”. Then we redirect, let’s push …
Continue reading "What do I do when children’s behaviour is aggressive?"
How do I teach children to be calm?
Teaching children how to be calm Calmness and mindfulness is an open and friendly willingness to understand what is going on in and around you. It means living in the present moment (which is not the same as thinking about the present moment) without judging or ignoring anything or getting carried away by the pressures …
How do I stop children from biting?
Biting – how do I stop children from biting? For some toddlers, biting is a frequent form of aggression. For staff, biting outbursts can be highly stressful to deal with both at the children’s level and a family member’s level. Biting as a tool of language Step 1 Identify it and teach the new language …
What do I do with a defiant child?
A defiant child A defiant child wants to be just like you and do everything you are doing, but you stop them. They want to be the teacher in every way, so let them. Step 1 What is the child trying to say? What does the child need? Do they need to show you how …
How do I stop children from swearing?
Swearing Children - Just lovely Swearing has become a part of our language in the everyday. If you watch TV after 8:30pm we hear it all the time. Many parents are swearing in front of children, but we don’t need to accept it in our centre. Step 1 Write down some examples of what you …
Have you tried a ‘Home Visits’ to help with behaviour issues?
Home Visits Some services implement home visits to foster relationships with parents and children. At one service they offer home visits to all families. Each visit takes 45-60 minutes and is carried out by two educators who have a set list of questions to ask. This ensures they find out about the child's family, routines, …
Continue reading "Have you tried a ‘Home Visits’ to help with behaviour issues?"
Case study – Aiden the non-listener, yelling, swearer……
The wild ones – children swearing There was a call for help from an educator. What was the problem? Certain children were difficult to manage and entering the room this appeared to be correct. The educators said Wednesday’s are difficult in the preschool room. Why? The combination of certain children makes it difficult along with …
Continue reading "Case study – Aiden the non-listener, yelling, swearer……"
Case study – Jackson the non-listener, swearer, rude…
Which child’s name is used the most in your room? Why? Is it because you must instruct this child the most, usually in a way that is moving them on from an inappropriate behaviour? Try this method below to change the behaviour in your room. When we talk about behaviour we say we need to …
Continue reading "Case study – Jackson the non-listener, swearer, rude…"
Case study – Toddler Liam the non-listener, climber, hitter, pusher, swearer……
Meeting children’s needs and interests Are you listening to children to create the curriculum? Discover children’s interest to enhance positive behaviour and learning. Case study - Liam the non-listener, climber, hitter, pusher, swearer…… Child misbehaves so the educator gives the child a clock, sits him in a space away from the other children and tells …
Continue reading "Case study – Toddler Liam the non-listener, climber, hitter, pusher, swearer……"
How do I create a calm environment?
Routines create calm environments What is your room’s routine? Is it written down so all educators and older children have a daily reference. Does it include time for: Planned physical activities Routines which make transitions smooth and predictable for children Routines which include spontaneous or intentional teaching to promote learning outcomes eg when we clean …
Exploring agency to create calm
Children’s Agency creates calm Children actively construct their own understandings and contribute to others’ learning. They recognise their agency and capacity to initiate and lead learning and their rights to participate in decisions that affect them, including their learning. Sense of Agency The EYLF explains agency is being able to make choices and decisions, to …
Set up individual spaces that allow children to show their agency.
Agency is being able to make choices and decisions that influence outcomes. Children have agency when: they make choices and decisions that affect them take the lead in their learning and make choices about the design and outcome of the experience or activity Children have a sense of agency when they imitate an action they …
Continue reading "Set up individual spaces that allow children to show their agency."
Sewing with children creates calm
Sewing with children creates calm Recently at one service the preschool children have been encouraged to prepare and set the tables at meal times. This involves adding a table cloth, placing the plates and cups on the table and any necessary cutlery. This routine prompted a conversation about buying table cloths to put on the …
Staff Managment
Are your educators lacking passion? We can help your educators get the passion back by teaching them how to create meaningful learning that they will enjoy doing. We teach them the proper way to document that is the real EYLF and takes less time. We can guarantee you that parents will read it, comment on it …
Behaviour guidance – back to basics
Managing challenging behaviour is not easy. You need to let yourself to enter a frame of mind that allows you to use many different strategies and look from many different viewpoints, but most importantly, see what role you are playing in the behaviour that you are finding challenging. The process of behaviour guidance starts with …
Use your voice in interesting ways and children will listen
1 MINUTE READ Your voice is an amazing tool that can help guide children’s behaviour and remember the loud voice is not always best. The tone, volume and pitch of your voice can do wonderful things, what happens if you use a soft voice? A loud voice? A silly voice? A crazy voice? To …
Continue reading "Use your voice in interesting ways and children will listen"
What do I do when children won’t listen to me?
Use your voice in interesting ways and children will listen Your voice is an amazing tool that can help guide children’s behaviour and remember the loud voice is not always best. The tone, volume and pitch of your voce can do wonderful things, what happens if you use a soft voice? A loud voice? A …
Continue reading "What do I do when children won’t listen to me?"
What do I do when children do things to annoy me?
What happens when children are making annoying sounds? A child is tapping on a table/window/surface that makes an annoying noise Redirecting - Here is a musical instrument/ saucepan and wooden spoon. Let’s make music. If we tap on the window it may break. Here is a great learning story that was developed because children were …
Continue reading "What do I do when children do things to annoy me?"
What do I do when children throw toys?
Throwing toys and fighting over a toy Why are they throwing toys? If it’s in the room and someone could get hurt, then that is no good. So, we need to redirect. For a quick fix get down with the children and show them how to build an enclosure for the toys i.e. look, these …
What do I do when children climb on furniture and run inside?
She is climbing on the furniture What do I do when I see a child climbing on the furniture? Never yell across the room “Annabel get down from there now,” yelled Holly. Of course, Annabel didn’t listen and proceeded to climb on the bookcase. What are the steps we need to take? Step 1 See …
Continue reading "What do I do when children climb on furniture and run inside?"
What do I do when children’s behaviour is aggressive?
Children pushing children - She just pushed another child If this is a younger child, we would go over to the child, get down to their height and say calmly and with a soft voice. “Hands down” (you may need to physically guide them down). “Be gentle with our friends”. Then we redirect, let’s push …
Continue reading "What do I do when children’s behaviour is aggressive?"
How do I teach children to be calm?
Teaching children how to be calm Calmness and mindfulness is an open and friendly willingness to understand what is going on in and around you. It means living in the present moment (which is not the same as thinking about the present moment) without judging or ignoring anything or getting carried away by the pressures …
How do I stop children from biting?
Biting – how do I stop children from biting? For some toddlers, biting is a frequent form of aggression. For staff, biting outbursts can be highly stressful to deal with both at the children’s level and a family member’s level. Biting as a tool of language Step 1 Identify it and teach the new language …
Staff Managment
Are your educators lacking passion? We can help your educators get the passion back by teaching them how to create meaningful learning that they will enjoy doing. We teach them the proper way to document that is the real EYLF and takes less time. We can guarantee you that parents will read it, comment on it …
Behaviour guidance – back to basics
Managing challenging behaviour is not easy. You need to let yourself to enter a frame of mind that allows you to use many different strategies and look from many different viewpoints, but most importantly, see what role you are playing in the behaviour that you are finding challenging. The process of behaviour guidance starts with …
Use your voice in interesting ways and children will listen
1 MINUTE READ Your voice is an amazing tool that can help guide children’s behaviour and remember the loud voice is not always best. The tone, volume and pitch of your voice can do wonderful things, what happens if you use a soft voice? A loud voice? A silly voice? A crazy voice? To …
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What do I do when children won’t listen to me?
Use your voice in interesting ways and children will listen Your voice is an amazing tool that can help guide children’s behaviour and remember the loud voice is not always best. The tone, volume and pitch of your voce can do wonderful things, what happens if you use a soft voice? A loud voice? A …
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What do I do when children do things to annoy me?
What happens when children are making annoying sounds? A child is tapping on a table/window/surface that makes an annoying noise Redirecting - Here is a musical instrument/ saucepan and wooden spoon. Let’s make music. If we tap on the window it may break. Here is a great learning story that was developed because children were …
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What do I do when children throw toys?
Throwing toys and fighting over a toy Why are they throwing toys? If it’s in the room and someone could get hurt, then that is no good. So, we need to redirect. For a quick fix get down with the children and show them how to build an enclosure for the toys i.e. look, these …
What do I do when children climb on furniture and run inside?
She is climbing on the furniture What do I do when I see a child climbing on the furniture? Never yell across the room “Annabel get down from there now,” yelled Holly. Of course, Annabel didn’t listen and proceeded to climb on the bookcase. What are the steps we need to take? Step 1 See …
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What do I do when children’s behaviour is aggressive?
Children pushing children - She just pushed another child If this is a younger child, we would go over to the child, get down to their height and say calmly and with a soft voice. “Hands down” (you may need to physically guide them down). “Be gentle with our friends”. Then we redirect, let’s push …
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How do I teach children to be calm?
Teaching children how to be calm Calmness and mindfulness is an open and friendly willingness to understand what is going on in and around you. It means living in the present moment (which is not the same as thinking about the present moment) without judging or ignoring anything or getting carried away by the pressures …
How do I stop children from biting?
Biting – how do I stop children from biting? For some toddlers, biting is a frequent form of aggression. For staff, biting outbursts can be highly stressful to deal with both at the children’s level and a family member’s level. Biting as a tool of language Step 1 Identify it and teach the new language …
Staff Managment
Are your educators lacking passion? We can help your educators get the passion back by teaching them how to create meaningful learning that they will enjoy doing. We teach them the proper way to document that is the real EYLF and takes less time. We can guarantee you that parents will read it, comment on it …
Behaviour guidance – back to basics
Managing challenging behaviour is not easy. You need to let yourself to enter a frame of mind that allows you to use many different strategies and look from many different viewpoints, but most importantly, see what role you are playing in the behaviour that you are finding challenging. The process of behaviour guidance starts with …
Use your voice in interesting ways and children will listen
1 MINUTE READ Your voice is an amazing tool that can help guide children’s behaviour and remember the loud voice is not always best. The tone, volume and pitch of your voice can do wonderful things, what happens if you use a soft voice? A loud voice? A silly voice? A crazy voice? To …
Continue reading "Use your voice in interesting ways and children will listen"
What do I do when children won’t listen to me?
Use your voice in interesting ways and children will listen Your voice is an amazing tool that can help guide children’s behaviour and remember the loud voice is not always best. The tone, volume and pitch of your voce can do wonderful things, what happens if you use a soft voice? A loud voice? A …
Continue reading "What do I do when children won’t listen to me?"
What do I do when children do things to annoy me?
What happens when children are making annoying sounds? A child is tapping on a table/window/surface that makes an annoying noise Redirecting - Here is a musical instrument/ saucepan and wooden spoon. Let’s make music. If we tap on the window it may break. Here is a great learning story that was developed because children were …
Continue reading "What do I do when children do things to annoy me?"
What do I do when children throw toys?
Throwing toys and fighting over a toy Why are they throwing toys? If it’s in the room and someone could get hurt, then that is no good. So, we need to redirect. For a quick fix get down with the children and show them how to build an enclosure for the toys i.e. look, these …
What do I do when children climb on furniture and run inside?
She is climbing on the furniture What do I do when I see a child climbing on the furniture? Never yell across the room “Annabel get down from there now,” yelled Holly. Of course, Annabel didn’t listen and proceeded to climb on the bookcase. What are the steps we need to take? Step 1 See …
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What do I do when children’s behaviour is aggressive?
Children pushing children - She just pushed another child If this is a younger child, we would go over to the child, get down to their height and say calmly and with a soft voice. “Hands down” (you may need to physically guide them down). “Be gentle with our friends”. Then we redirect, let’s push …
Continue reading "What do I do when children’s behaviour is aggressive?"
How do I teach children to be calm?
Teaching children how to be calm Calmness and mindfulness is an open and friendly willingness to understand what is going on in and around you. It means living in the present moment (which is not the same as thinking about the present moment) without judging or ignoring anything or getting carried away by the pressures …
How do I stop children from biting?
Biting – how do I stop children from biting? For some toddlers, biting is a frequent form of aggression. For staff, biting outbursts can be highly stressful to deal with both at the children’s level and a family member’s level. Biting as a tool of language Step 1 Identify it and teach the new language …
What do I do with a defiant child?
A defiant child A defiant child wants to be just like you and do everything you are doing, but you stop them. They want to be the teacher in every way, so let them. Step 1 What is the child trying to say? What does the child need? Do they need to show you how …
How do I stop children from swearing?
Swearing Children - Just lovely Swearing has become a part of our language in the everyday. If you watch TV after 8:30pm we hear it all the time. Many parents are swearing in front of children, but we don’t need to accept it in our centre. Step 1 Write down some examples of what you …
Have you tried a ‘Home Visits’ to help with behaviour issues?
Home Visits Some services implement home visits to foster relationships with parents and children. At one service they offer home visits to all families. Each visit takes 45-60 minutes and is carried out by two educators who have a set list of questions to ask. This ensures they find out about the child's family, routines, …
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Case study – Aiden the non-listener, yelling, swearer……
The wild ones – children swearing There was a call for help from an educator. What was the problem? Certain children were difficult to manage and entering the room this appeared to be correct. The educators said Wednesday’s are difficult in the preschool room. Why? The combination of certain children makes it difficult along with …
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Case study – Jackson the non-listener, swearer, rude…
Which child’s name is used the most in your room? Why? Is it because you must instruct this child the most, usually in a way that is moving them on from an inappropriate behaviour? Try this method below to change the behaviour in your room. When we talk about behaviour we say we need to …
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Case study – Toddler Liam the non-listener, climber, hitter, pusher, swearer……
Meeting children’s needs and interests Are you listening to children to create the curriculum? Discover children’s interest to enhance positive behaviour and learning. Case study - Liam the non-listener, climber, hitter, pusher, swearer…… Child misbehaves so the educator gives the child a clock, sits him in a space away from the other children and tells …
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How do I create a calm environment?
Routines create calm environments What is your room’s routine? Is it written down so all educators and older children have a daily reference. Does it include time for: Planned physical activities Routines which make transitions smooth and predictable for children Routines which include spontaneous or intentional teaching to promote learning outcomes eg when we clean …
Exploring agency to create calm
Children’s Agency creates calm Children actively construct their own understandings and contribute to others’ learning. They recognise their agency and capacity to initiate and lead learning and their rights to participate in decisions that affect them, including their learning. Sense of Agency The EYLF explains agency is being able to make choices and decisions, to …
Set up individual spaces that allow children to show their agency.
Agency is being able to make choices and decisions that influence outcomes. Children have agency when: they make choices and decisions that affect them take the lead in their learning and make choices about the design and outcome of the experience or activity Children have a sense of agency when they imitate an action they …
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Sewing with children creates calm
Sewing with children creates calm Recently at one service the preschool children have been encouraged to prepare and set the tables at meal times. This involves adding a table cloth, placing the plates and cups on the table and any necessary cutlery. This routine prompted a conversation about buying table cloths to put on the …
Staff Managment
Are your educators lacking passion? We can help your educators get the passion back by teaching them how to create meaningful learning that they will enjoy doing. We teach them the proper way to document that is the real EYLF and takes less time. We can guarantee you that parents will read it, comment on it …
Behaviour guidance – back to basics
Managing challenging behaviour is not easy. You need to let yourself to enter a frame of mind that allows you to use many different strategies and look from many different viewpoints, but most importantly, see what role you are playing in the behaviour that you are finding challenging. The process of behaviour guidance starts with …
Use your voice in interesting ways and children will listen
1 MINUTE READ Your voice is an amazing tool that can help guide children’s behaviour and remember the loud voice is not always best. The tone, volume and pitch of your voice can do wonderful things, what happens if you use a soft voice? A loud voice? A silly voice? A crazy voice? To …
Continue reading "Use your voice in interesting ways and children will listen"
What do I do when children won’t listen to me?
Use your voice in interesting ways and children will listen Your voice is an amazing tool that can help guide children’s behaviour and remember the loud voice is not always best. The tone, volume and pitch of your voce can do wonderful things, what happens if you use a soft voice? A loud voice? A …
Continue reading "What do I do when children won’t listen to me?"
What do I do when children do things to annoy me?
What happens when children are making annoying sounds? A child is tapping on a table/window/surface that makes an annoying noise Redirecting - Here is a musical instrument/ saucepan and wooden spoon. Let’s make music. If we tap on the window it may break. Here is a great learning story that was developed because children were …
Continue reading "What do I do when children do things to annoy me?"
What do I do when children throw toys?
Throwing toys and fighting over a toy Why are they throwing toys? If it’s in the room and someone could get hurt, then that is no good. So, we need to redirect. For a quick fix get down with the children and show them how to build an enclosure for the toys i.e. look, these …
What do I do when children climb on furniture and run inside?
She is climbing on the furniture What do I do when I see a child climbing on the furniture? Never yell across the room “Annabel get down from there now,” yelled Holly. Of course, Annabel didn’t listen and proceeded to climb on the bookcase. What are the steps we need to take? Step 1 See …
Continue reading "What do I do when children climb on furniture and run inside?"
What do I do when children’s behaviour is aggressive?
Children pushing children - She just pushed another child If this is a younger child, we would go over to the child, get down to their height and say calmly and with a soft voice. “Hands down” (you may need to physically guide them down). “Be gentle with our friends”. Then we redirect, let’s push …
Continue reading "What do I do when children’s behaviour is aggressive?"
How do I teach children to be calm?
Teaching children how to be calm Calmness and mindfulness is an open and friendly willingness to understand what is going on in and around you. It means living in the present moment (which is not the same as thinking about the present moment) without judging or ignoring anything or getting carried away by the pressures …
How do I stop children from biting?
Biting – how do I stop children from biting? For some toddlers, biting is a frequent form of aggression. For staff, biting outbursts can be highly stressful to deal with both at the children’s level and a family member’s level. Biting as a tool of language Step 1 Identify it and teach the new language …
What do I do with a defiant child?
A defiant child A defiant child wants to be just like you and do everything you are doing, but you stop them. They want to be the teacher in every way, so let them. Step 1 What is the child trying to say? What does the child need? Do they need to show you how …
How do I stop children from swearing?
Swearing Children - Just lovely Swearing has become a part of our language in the everyday. If you watch TV after 8:30pm we hear it all the time. Many parents are swearing in front of children, but we don’t need to accept it in our centre. Step 1 Write down some examples of what you …
Have you tried a ‘Home Visits’ to help with behaviour issues?
Home Visits Some services implement home visits to foster relationships with parents and children. At one service they offer home visits to all families. Each visit takes 45-60 minutes and is carried out by two educators who have a set list of questions to ask. This ensures they find out about the child's family, routines, …
Continue reading "Have you tried a ‘Home Visits’ to help with behaviour issues?"
Case study – Aiden the non-listener, yelling, swearer……
The wild ones – children swearing There was a call for help from an educator. What was the problem? Certain children were difficult to manage and entering the room this appeared to be correct. The educators said Wednesday’s are difficult in the preschool room. Why? The combination of certain children makes it difficult along with …
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Case study – Jackson the non-listener, swearer, rude…
Which child’s name is used the most in your room? Why? Is it because you must instruct this child the most, usually in a way that is moving them on from an inappropriate behaviour? Try this method below to change the behaviour in your room. When we talk about behaviour we say we need to …
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